Electric heater and sadiron



Aprl'22 1924.

J. L AvOlE ELECTRIC HEATER AND sADIaoN Filed June '7, 1922 HG. Z

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5j MA1( ATTORNE Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH LAVOIE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

ELEc'raIc HEATER AND sADraoN.

Application nled J'une 7, 1922. Serial No. 566,562.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LAvoiE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Electric Heater and Sadiron, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to electric heater as described in the present specifica-tion and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description in detail of the preferred form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to furnish a readily transportable heater included in the construction of a sad iron and easily removable therefrom; to facilitate the cooking of foods and heating of liquids in small quantities in roomin houses, apartments and hotels and there y afford great comfort and convenience to a large number of people; and generally to provide an efficient and serviceable heater together with a most satisfactory type of sad iron.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a lon itudinal sectional view of the combined eater and iron.

Figure 2 is a detail of the heater removed from the iron.

Figure 3 is a detail of the sad iron stand.

Figure 4 is a side view of the heater complete with ycooking stand.-

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the iron and stand showin the legs of the latter collapsed for trave ling or storin Like numerals of reference in icate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, the sad iron casing 1 is preferabl made of an aluminum alloy or any metal t at is a good conductor of heat and onthe upper side carries the handle 2.

The rear end 3 of the casing 1 is open and the top is slotted at 4 into said rear opening 3 and in the centre tapped in the hole 5 for the thumb screw 6.

The heater 7 is formed in the same shape as the interior of the casing 1 and the plate 8 slides in and out on the inner surface of the casing wall forming the smoothing surface 9.

The plate 8 is flanged at the end 10 and offset from said flange at 11 forming a handle for sliding the plate in and out though the shape of this end is capable of many changes and will likely be so constructed as to include a handle not likely to heat up and be of very different design, as this part is only a small detail.

The resistance wiring 12 is made in coils or a mat and coversthe inner surface of the plate 8 to which it communicates its heat resulting from its connection with the source of electrical energy through the plug socket 13 having the posts 14 and 15.

The resistance wiring 12 is covered by the mica insulator 16 and on this insulation is mounted the filler 17 of asbestos, soapstone or other material likely to keep the heat within a circumscribed heat zone and this is covered by the insulation 18.

The plate 19 covers the insulation 18 and supports the plug socket 13 at its outer end.

The boss or strip 20 is here shown o n the plate 19 and the thumb screw 6 engages said strip 20 to hold the heater 7 in place in the casing 1, when it forms part of the sad iron construction.

The stand 21 for the iron is formed of the plate 22 to which the brackets 23 are rigidly secured and is adapted to be reverse so that the said brackets 23 in one position support the iron above the plate 22 and in the reversed position form hangers for the heating element, thus making the plate 22 e the top of the stove or heater.

The pivoted legs 24 project from the base 22 and fold inwardly of the handle of the iron for transporting or storing.

These legs 24 have a limited outward movement and in the inverted position of the stand form legs in supporting the base while the brackets 23 form guides and supports for the heater 7, which is also inverted so that the plate 8 comes into Contact with the plate 22 and forms therewith the stove.

The operation of converting from iron to heater and heater to iron will readily be understood from the foregoing description,

but it is obvious that many changes may be 2. An electric heater com rising a stand having hangers 4and legs an adapted in its reversed position to support a sad iron, and a heating element supported by said hangers and adapted on removal therefrom to t into a sad iron.

3. An electric heater a stand having a reversible plate portion forming on one side a sad iron support and on the other a heater top and oldable legs adapted to support the heater top and a heating element formed to be supported from said plate and adapted to t into a sad iron on removal therefrom` 4. An electric heater comprising a heating element formed of a plate and resistance coils, a stand having collapsible legs and forming the heater top on one side andV on the other the stand and a casing formed to receive the heating element on removal from the heater and adapted to be supported on said stand.

5. In an electric heater, a sad iron stand adapted to forni a heater frame and a sad iron heating element adapted to fit into said frame and complete the heater.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 29 day of May 1922.

JOSEPH LAVOIE. 

